[car_overhaul] R5 Gt Turbo J Plate

[djinuk 2]

Here is my new r5, no mot/tax at the min, some folks may remmber it belonging to username paddyswag (somthing along them lines)

 

Hope you like, opinions welcome

 

Its been stood a while etc and needs a good clean over.. told you i havnt given up with the r5's.

 

Car also came with heaps of spares including spare engine, new chrome scuttle, just to mention a few bits

 

 

I did an insurance check and i can insure it for £16 for the week, so i decided id go for it to get it moted.

 

First job was to remove the interior, and throw in a red carpet as the grey orignal just didnt work.

Whilst at it i took a look at the floor pan which was in good condition with just a bung to reseal.

 

 

I also want to take some time to remove any unused brackets and tidy up the engine bay.

 

I attempted to sort out an earth problem which took ages on the rear back lights

 

Pic of the garden complete with full r5 interior and the mrs chilling

 

[djinuk 2]

mot aborted...

 

I found a problem..

 

2 new full sills im thinking ..

 

 

Ah well, best find the best place to get them and get my welder on the case hey.

 

 

 

 

[djinuk 2]

bit of an update, ive got the sills, just waiting to get them welded up, and ive robbed the garage for the week so decided to strip down the cooling system etc , have a mouch to see if everything is in order and also stumbled across a few things

 

Diffrent carb top, removed some of the perc fan wiring, and brackets (unneeded) Started fitting some of the chrome scuttle panel.. poser i know... and fitted a braided inline oil filter on the turbo oil feed.

 

[djinuk 2]

well as the F reg r5 has now gone it frees up some time to tackle the J plate..

 

one thing is that sections of the bodykit need paint attention and i wish to remove the rear exhaust cut out and smooth out the recess.

 

I also purchased a carbon fibre bonnet.

 

 

 

I began the rear bumper tonight.

 

Im no expert but this is how i tackled it.

 

First i removed the black strip and used a flap wheel on the grind to key up the inside of the recess and also the very close surrounding area, i also used some 80 grade paper to help do this around the edges.

 

 

I then masked up the surrounding area to not get p40/fibreglass bridging filler where it wasnt needed.

 

 

I then filled the recess making sure to not bring it 100% flush with the surface and instead leave about 1mm to fill

 

 

then once this had gone off i used 80 grade paper to remove any bits of p40 that came above the recess and also to key up the flat area that i would be filling. I also gave it a clean up with panel wipe to make sure the p38/filler adheres well.

 

 

I then filled the full area making sure to filler outside of the recess aswell whilst keeping waste minimal

 

[pugpete1108 62 1 Cars]

thats some nastry rot there mate.

 

still i have always had a hankering for the r5gtt, nice little motor.

[DrSarty 90 1 Cars]

Nice project. Got your work cut out by the looks though.

 

One of the first 'really fast' little cars I remember being in and wanting.

 

Good luck.

[allye 530 3 Cars]

Tidy, now get those wheels off!

[djinuk 2]

Well , ive taken the r5 to the bodyshop , now its just a case of waiting for it to come back with a pair of fresh sills

 

man its horrible when one of your cars is taken away.

 

also made a start on the front bumper

 

[pugdamo 111 2 Cars]

Nice mate,i love 5's. Always fancied one but never had the guts to make the break and get one. Second that,not a fan of the wheels. Anyway keep up the good work

[td_dan 7]

looks good mate

[DamirGTI 342]

Nice i've had one of those back in the days when i was younger , but sadly though not for very long time my brother borrowed it and went for "a night on wine" ... and smashed it into bits and pieces :

 

 

Damir

[willo-1 0]

still a good little car is the r5gt used to have a raider i still regret selling it.....

[djinuk 2]

Well , ive taken the r5 to the bodyshop , now its just a case of waiting for it to come back with a pair of fresh sills

 

man its horrible when one of your cars is taken away.

 

began flatting my bumper back after high build, it apperas to be very flat, now i just have a few hours with the wet and dry.. oh joy .

 

Also ordered a fancy devilbiss gti spray gun.

 

[djinuk 2]

she comes home tonight

 

I was down there last nite and took a couple of pics.. This is basically at the stage where hes painted up to the character line, and has jst wet flatted it into the existing paint to around 3000 grit also along the sill hence its dull, it will be buffed up before i collect tomorrow.

 

 

she comes home tonight

 

I was down there last nite and took a couple of pics.. This is basically at the stage where hes painted up to the character line, and has jst wet flatted it into the existing paint to around 3000 grit also along the sill hence its dull, it will be buffed up before i collect tomorrow.

 

 

 

 

well i tackled a few of the jobs for the day, first being fitting of the front mount intercooler, and side exit exhaust system, also removed the remains of the bits of standard side sticker that was still on the car.

 

We also fitted the carbon bonnet although this requires more adjustment to get sitting better.

 

Few pics

 

 

 

 

 

[djinuk 2]

just been working away on repairing the preping the bodykit for paint.

 

one of the front arches had some very bad damage to the arch as through the car had a blow out and ripped a very large chunk out, I cut a section out of an old arch, fibreglass this in , and then filled the arch, there is also a few more cracks etc ive had to repair.. the photos are not great but give an idea.

 

Also i took on what so far has been a nightmare of a job. I will be running a side exit and therefore didnt want to see the crappy hole for the rear exit exhaust, so therefore i cut up another rear bumper, qbonded the section in , fibreglass matted it from behind and began filling the arches to blend the 2 sections together as close as possible.. Just to point out this really has not been easy but its getting close now.

 

[djinuk 2]

i finished all the repairs on my r5 bodykit over the last week (there was quite a few).

 

I high built them yesterday using maxmeyer high build at a 5:1 ratio, I decided to try somthing and rigged up my 2 pretty small compressors to give myself some mroe air pressure... the result was excellent, 2 motors about 70 or so litres of air , and my 29psi hvlp gun didnt have any problems, this made it so much easier, and the high build is going to be much easier to flat down.

 

 

[djinuk 2]

well today i set up my gazebo and compressors and set about doing my first basecoat/clear coat paint... to say i was a little nervous as i was doing my first metalic ever aswell, and the weather was hit and miss etc etc..

 

Had great help my my mrs in setting up..

 

arches , skirts and grill all paint, 3 coats of base, 3 coats of lacquer..

 

And im very happy with the end results ..

 

only 2 drips and these were caused by over filling the gun and when painting one of the arches it came out the top .

 

This is how the bits came out the gun..

 

Plans are to flat with 1500, then polish up with g3 followed by super resin..

 

the arch that had the drip im going to flat out and then relacquer when i do my bumpers, however im not sure if i just 1500 the whole arch and then apply a fresh coat of lacquer.. any guideance much appreciated.

 

 

busy one today.. more painting, really beginning to enjoy it now.

 

First coat of base

 

 

 

began fitting the kit, sorted out timing cover, fitted new clocks and did a few other bits.

[djinuk 2]

finished off final jobs

 

fuel filter,

 

interior refit,

 

fitted the front bumper with some new clips and screws but not happy with it so going to renault to get brand new fixings i think.+

 

Also fitted the skirts, i bolted the bottom and bonded the top however im not 100% kene on it, think at a later date im going to take them off and measure up exactly where the fixings need to be and do it propelly

 

[djinuk 2]

As the sun came out yesterday i decided i needed to do somthing,.. So i began work on sorting out the standard bonnet that came on the car and preping it for fresh paint.. I also fitted a pair of speakers and crappy cd player to the r5. And gave the carpets a damn good hoover out.

Whilst doing all this and working damn hard the mrs decided to give him a hand, in the form of watching.

 

 

[djinuk 2]

update,

 

sold the carbon fibre boonet n grabbed the original out..

 

began working on the rust and found a hole the size of a 50p, bit of work later and its gone.

 

Then i attached the rust on the underside, and etched primed the bits.

 

then up went the gazebo/spraybooth and on went the high build, ..

then on with basecoat and clear,

 

after finishing this the compressor made a bang and then rattles lots...!!!

 

the result

 

ah well, it spray the bearing out that connects the conrod to the crank.. easy fix

 

Anyway , happy with the bonnet, will get flatted and compound and hopefully be nice and shiny

 

[Edp 67 3 Cars]

Cracking thread and cracking little motor. Used to love these when I was younger and always wanted one!

 

Keep it up!

[mainline 2 1 Cars]

Your painting looks very very good. Nice to see one of these being restored, and I'm glad you ditched the carbon bonnet

 

Will keep watching with interest as I was very close to buying an R5 when I got my GTI.